Beauchief Drive Byway – Hutcliffe Wood Bridleway loop from Dore and Totley

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Beauchief Drive Byway – Hutcliffe Wood Bridleway loop from Dore and Totley

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Beauchief Drive Byway – Hutcliffe Wood Bridleway loop from Dore and Totley

03:03

43.0km

670m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 42.8 km for 248 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

701 m

Strangler Fig on Abbey Lane

Highlight • Natural Monument

13.5 km

Shillito Wood

Forest

19.3 km

The Lakeside Café

Highlight • Lake

Lovely little cafe with outdoor seating on the edge of the fishing lakes.
Opening hours: 9.30am to 3.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday. The don't have barista coffee but their filter is pretty good.

Tip by

24.3 km

Birley Gravel Bridleway

Highlight • Cycleway

This leads to the start of the muddy classic descent into Birley Brook. Don't be put off by the Private Road and big electric gates to Birley Farm, there is …

Tip by

30.6 km

Cordwell Lane to Horsleygate Shortcut

Highlight • Trail

39.7 km

A wide, unsurfaced byway that climbs up from the Beaucheif Abbey Road, through Beauchief golf course and woods. It's a nice traffic-free, cut-through from Abbeydale up to Bradway avoiding the busy roads. It gets really muddy in winter though.

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40.7 km

Gulleys Wood

Forest

42.2 km

Hutcliffe Wood Bridleway

Highlight • Cycleway

Hutcliffe Wood trail is a nice stretch of traffic-free trail that runs from Hutcliffe Wood Road to Beauchief on the opposite side of the railway line to Millhouses Park.

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43.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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